Police in Pamplona estimated up to 35,000 people took part in a demonstration on Saturday, rallying under the slogan, “it’s not sexual abuse, it’s rape”. Thousands of women marched together with their hands raised at the protest, which police said passed off peacefully. Demonstrators have filled streets across the country since the court ruling, leading Spain’s conservative government to say it will consider changing rape laws. Photograph: Alvaro Barrientos/APAnd a community of 16 Carmelite nuns in the Hondarribia monastery in the Basque country condemned the court ruling on Facebook. Adriana Lastra, a top official with Spain’s main opposition Socialist party, said the court ruling was “disgraceful”.

Source: The Guardian April 29, 2018 05:37 UTC